what does it mean to be obese?
most doctors and researchers use the boy mass index or BMI to determine whether someone is overweight or obese. The BMI equals a person's weight in kilograms divided by a square of the person's height in meters. A normal BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9 . A person with a body mass index of 25.0 to 29.9 is considered to be overweight, while a person with a BMI of 30 or above is said to be obese. It is estimated that roughly 51 percent of the adults in the United States and Canada are either overweight or obese. worldwide, an estimated 22 million children under the age of five are believed to be overweight